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Communities Also Named Kingwood ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Kingwood.

Within Ontario, the name Kingwood is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • This Kingwood is located in Shelby County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Kingwood.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kingwood [Pulaski County].
    • Georgia
      • Colquitt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kingwood [Colquitt County].
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Kingwood is located in Hunterdon County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Kingwood.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kingwood [Mecklenburg County].
    • Oregon
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Kingwood [Polk County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • This Kingwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Kingwood.
      • Somerset County
      • This Kingwood is located in Somerset County and lies 261 miles [420 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Kingwood.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Kingwood is located in Harris County and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Kingwood.
    • Virginia
      • Prince George County
      • This Kingwood is located in Prince George County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Kingwood.
    • West Virginia
      • Preston County
      • This Kingwood is located in Preston County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Kingwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingwood ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Burns
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Crosshill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crosshill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosshill
  • Fernbank
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
  • Gads Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gads Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gads Hill
  • Gads Hill Station
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gads Hill Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gads Hill Station
  • Josephsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Josephsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephsburg
  • Lisbon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Mennonite Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • New Prussia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Prussia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prussia
  • Shakespeare
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakespeare came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shakespeare <6>
  • Topping
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topping

How Far From Kingwood to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kingwood to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingwood and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Kingwood to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,851 miles [9,416.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kingwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5117, Longitude: -80.8336    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Kingwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kingwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Kingwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.929 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.462 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.659 degrees.




 

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